Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The French overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Lesser Antilles, along with the island of Saint-Barthélemy and the French portion of Saint Martin.
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- noun the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France
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Examples
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Huvelle noted that Scanlon reported earning about $7 million a year between 2001 an 2003, plowing much of it into real estate in Delaware, Florida and St. Barts, an island in the French West Indies.
DeLay aide sentenced to 20 months in Abramoff lobbying scandal Spencer S. Hsu 2011
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Washington remained undecided until August 14, when he learned that the Comte de Grasse, who commanded the French West Indies fleet, was bound for the Chesapeake for a limited stay.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Huvelle noted that Scanlon reported earning about $7 million a year between 2001 an 2003, plowing much of it into real estate in Delaware, Florida and St. Barts, an island in the French West Indies.
DeLay aide sentenced to 20 months in Abramoff lobbying scandal Spencer S. Hsu 2011
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Huvelle noted that Scanlon reported earning about $7 million a year between 2001 an 2003, plowing much of it into real estate in Delaware, Florida and St. Barts, an island in the French West Indies.
DeLay aide sentenced to 20 months in Abramoff lobbying scandal Spencer S. Hsu 2011
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Washington remained undecided until August 14, when he learned that the Comte de Grasse, who commanded the French West Indies fleet, was bound for the Chesapeake for a limited stay.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Huvelle noted that Scanlon reported earning about $7 million a year between 2001 an 2003, plowing much of it into real estate in Delaware, Florida and St. Barts, an island in the French West Indies.
DeLay aide sentenced to 20 months in Abramoff lobbying scandal Spencer S. Hsu 2011
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On Thursday, TampaBay. com highlighted two paparazzi photos of Lohan and Greene, 55, taken on New Year's Eve in St. Barth in the French West Indies.
Lindsay Lohan and Florida senate candidate Jeff Greene together on St. Barth 2010
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The French introduced the highly labor-intensive sugar cane to the French West Indies.
Beverly Bell: Jean-Jean's Survival: What Is the Worth of a Haitian Child (Part I) 2010
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Suddenly an amount and a bank caught his eye: $500,000 had been wired from one of the banks in Zurich on Monday to a financial institution on the island of Martinique in the French West Indies.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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The French introduced the highly labor-intensive sugar cane to the French West Indies.
Beverly Bell: Jean-Jean's Survival: What is the Worth of a Haitian Child (Part I) 2010
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